About

I am an immersive artist, designer, and classicaly trained sculptor. I’ve art directed software used by millions, was instrumental in designing and fabricating a Burning Man Honoraria Grant project, and have consulted with design firms such as IDEO. I’m comfortable with anything from long hours welding in the desert, to optimizing a user onboarding journey, to designing circuit boards, 3D models, and embedded firmware.

In 2018 I graduated from RISD with a BFA in Sculpture, where I worked on figurative and metal sculpture, a horror-themed easter egg hunt, my thesis project Nostalgia Purgatory, among many other projects.

After school, I designed escape rooms, immersive theater shows, an Overlook Film Festival experience, and digital phonographs.

In the sieve of time, all cultures evolve, languages are lost, and things become replaced. “Wynn” and “Thorn” are two Nordic runes meaning Joy (ᚹ) and Danger (ᚦ), which were also at one time characters in the Old English alphabet. Forgotten letters have significance to my portfolio of artwork because I have at my core an overwhelming desire to Preserve Every Era. Themes of nostalgia and world-building are present in my artwork and my life; with interest in historical reenactment, architectural and cultural preservation, and themed environment design. I love histories, folk-tales, and celebrating cultures that are small or passed on. Constructing works of art that bring to light fascinating histories and fictions is my primary focus, using tangible objects or by installing surroundings to encourage the feeling of stepping back in time. WynnThorn dot com is my homage to the past, for reviving and retelling stories, and also my personal portfolio website. In time I will populate it with projects and interests of mine, and eventually build up the bygone archive.